I know my VW stopped as well after quitting,,because of high compression and short prop,,,same as ultralight's,,two cycle engine's with reduction drive,,and low speed stop's the prop,,,I was implying practicing dead stick landing's with pulling throttle,,therefore, the prop is still spinning. Just my two cent's, but not applying to the KR-2,,then windmilling props during deadstick practice would be accurate.
Coda Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> wrote: I did a flight test in my KR2S a few weeks ago to check the facts on windmilling props and glide ratio. Two tests from 10,000' (one with engine on, one with it off) proved to me that there is no appreciable difference in glide rate between engine idling and engine off. Engine off in a VW or Corvair engine mean the prop is stopped, rather than windmilling, so that may be the difference in KR "real world" and "conventional wisdom". Short props and high compression ratios keep the prop from windmilling when the engine is off. I did these tests because I wanted to know what my real glide rate was (13.5:1 in present configuration) and because I wanted to know if my glide rate would improve with the engine off. Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates.
